we have major anchor manufacturing like john deere in waterloo. let's develop a supply chain cluster wherein surrounding towns attract those smaller support businesses that feed john deere. without question, the jobs that such suppliers will bring to places like hudson, la porte city, parkersburg and denver are equally as important to those communities as the jobs that john deere provides to the citizens of waterloo. the final piece of this jobs and careers puzzle involves the dilemma faced by many iowa rural communities when a local anchor business is put up for sale. when hometown businesses are sold to out of town, out of state or out of country buyers, the local community often suffers. we must work to keep iowa companies in iowa even when the ownership -- even when an ownership change takes place. this is not just a tool for iowa businesses, it's a tool for iowa communities. iowa communities where these companies represent so much more than just jobs, where these companies represent our families, friends and our way of life. many of these com

. >> this john deere lawn tractor and this stolen chevy pickup or evidence in an attempted theft that ended in the death of a suspect. maryland state police say 35- year-old david rowland was ejected from the vehicle as they attempted to escape. >> an employee at the lowe's store which has not opened yet saw five suspects in a pickup truck loading a john deere tractor from the back of their lot. >> the employee closed the day trying to stop the suspects, but they were determined to get away. >> they were able to push their way under the gate, and along more came off the truck. >> as they continue fleeing, they collided with a car driven by a 34-year-old chesapeake city man. orange markings on the roadway show the path as it aged did the shopping center not far from route 272. the grand opening for the store does not happen until thursday, but apparently it became a target for thieves monday evening. the manager declined to comment. they are reviewing surveillance tape from nearby businesses, looking for clues. >> they are continuing the investigation today, looking for four suspects.

because the owner could not bring himself to paint its treasure. >> this isn't 1937 john deere b.i just bought it online. i got it from down in indiana. it's not out in the backyard for along time but the guy kept it covered up and when i got it home in about 20 minutes we had it running and it blends well. i kind of think i would like this instead of painting it. i like stuff like that. >> most people know what these are but this one is unique because it's all original and has the original steel wheels. the plow and cultivated with it and on hard ground they pulled one plow and on soft ground they pulled two. then they had the pulley for sewing work or grinding beat or whatever. it used to be green with yellow trim and yellow wheels but it's not outside town in southern indiana, and most of the paint is gone. but it didn't ruin it. i like tractors to run nice and they run nice i like to leave them alone. because there is always the story there. the fellow i bought it from was our collector and this was the only tractor he had, he collect gas engines. he had this applaud his garde

. >> early on in this investigation we had reports from this area that there was a john deere tractor involved with a motor vehicle accident. when we arrived on the scene we found two vehicles here in the town of northeast. this is on route 40 near 272 i believe is the nearest route number. right near the northeast state maryland state police barracks. now on the line, or on the back of the tractor trailer or on the back of a roll back is a busted up john deer tractor. at this point it's not clear how this tractor may have been involved with this accident but we have route 40 closed in the eastbound direction, this is in the town of northeast. i'm sorry it's closed in the westbound direction in the town of northeast. right in front of the northeast police barracks as police continue to investigate the accident. several people were transported to local area hospitals. no word on the condition of anyone but as you can see it is affecting traffic here in the town of northeast. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you, captain mike perry in sky high chopper 13. >>> wjz and the red cross teame

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state police are looking for four people who attempted to steal a john deere tractor. once they were seen, found the jump -- jumped in the back of the truck and found one in the bed they crashed through the gate onto route 40 when they broadsided another car. the man in the bed of the truck was ejected died. the others ran away. >> this could be on any street in baltimore. a car jacked up with someone doing repair job underneath and just before five today a car fell on top of a man. this is in owing's mills. police continue to investigate this accident tonight. >> update to a story we have been following several days on abc 2news. on thursday we told you about a body found at the bottom of a 20-foot well. tonight police say that man was shot in the head. lenny harris was a community activist, the 53-year-old was found on thursday. he had been admitsing since september. police are working to pinpoint when he died. >> several hundred religious leaders don't give their blessing for same sex marriage and tonight they held a rally to tell the governor what they thought abou

we have major anchor manufactures like john deere in waterloo.op a supply chain cluster were in surrounding towns attract those smaller support businesses that feed john deere. without question, the jobs such suppliers will bring to places like hudson, laporte city, parkersburg and denver are equally as important to those communities is the jobs that john deere provides to the citizens of waterloo. the final piece of this jobs and careers puzzle involves the dilemma faced by rural communities when there anchor businesses put up for sale. when hometown business are sold to out-of-state or out of country buyers the local community often suffers. we must work to keep iowa companies in iowa, even though -- even when an ownership change takes place. this is not just a tool for iowa businesses. it is a tool for iowa communities. iowa communities where these companies represent so much more than jobs, where these companies represent our families, friends and our way of life. many of these companies have operated in iowa for years, operated by owners com

type of concept across the major markets in russia you know currently we have our major customer john deere we designed built a known their major factor in russia republic trucks is also an existing customer of ours we've done work for mcdonald's and we're negotiating relationships partnerships with kind of the who's who of the fortune five hundred active in russia and looking to get more active so that's really our ambition is how do we help these great businesses to tap into the potential the russian marketplace and how do we save them from experiencing many of the frustrations that i experienced you know as an entrepreneur so our job is to help them see that it's a process to doing business in russia and it's not an unknown you know at the end of the day i do what i do because i enjoy knowing that i'm influencing things for the positive so when i go look at. our projects and i look at the customers we serve and i talk to our customers and i see that they are quite happy with the results we've achieved for me that gives me enormous pleasure and that really is what drives me it's the abili

we have major anchor manufactures like john deere in waterloo. let's develop a supply chain cluster were in surrounding towns attract those smaller support businesses that feed john deere. without question, the jobs such suppliers will bring to places like hudson, laporte city, parkersburg and denver are equally as important to those communities is the jobs that john deere provides to the citizens of waterloo. the final piece of this jobs and careers puzzle involves the dilemma faced by rural communities when there anchor businesses put up for sale. when hometown business are sold to out-of-state or out of country buyers the local community often suffers. we must work to keep iowa companies in iowa, even though -- even when an ownership change takes place. this is not just a tool for iowa businesses. it is a tool for iowa communities. iowa communities where these companies represent so much more than jobs, where these companies represent our families, friends and our way of life. many of these companies have operated in iowa for years, operated b

john deere's prosect president secret can do where a team created a combine made of canned food. bags of food to create the model it's the largest ever built from canned food. more than double the number of cans used by the prior record holder. >>> that's it for news. mike half monday with the national forecast. . >> reporter: >> and a fast moving jet stream just continues to push the storm systems quickly across the lower 48 and it's interesting this winter so far we haven't seen these troughs or ridges stay put at any one time. they just condition to ripple from west to east and that means you don't stay cold or warm for any real long period of time though it's stayed fairly mild over the past month in most of the southern states. here is the way it looks now on monday. lingering lake effect snow showers late in the day in the great lakes, for the eastern great lakes and ohio valley it'll start as rain, turn to snow for the northeast it'll be mainly rain. another system coming in out west. another ripple in the jet stream. rain and mountain snows there. the ripple in to the mid

which has not open yet saw five suspects in dark, hooded sweat shirts in a pickup truck loading a john deere tractor from the back of their lot. police say one of the suspects died just a short distance away. state police a 35-year-old david rowland of elkton -- as a truck collided with the car. it is not far from out 272. according to investigators, the accident happened moments after the attempted theft. employees at loews closed the gate trying to stop the crime, but the suspect was determined to get away. >> he rammed the gate several times and were able to push their way through the gate. as they move through the gate, the law more came off the truck. they calotte -- the lawn mower came off the truck. one man received minor injuries. the impact ejected david rowland from the truck into the ditch and he died from his entered -- from his injuries. police are reviewing surveillance tape from area businesses as they search for clues. >> they are continuing the investigation, hoping for four suspects. they are not sure if they are all male, but we believe several of them are. there may be a

rich valleys checkered with cotton fields and rolling peach and apple orchards, small towns with john deere, coca-cola and chevy. they value the traits many attached to the candidate they see as the inevitable republican nominee. a candidate even the high school kids are excited about. who would vote for mitt romney for president? >> me, me. >> this slice of romney country is in another country, mexico. the voices cheering the loudest for mitt romney are mormons like mitt, and they're mormons named romney. it's a little known fact there's a whole branch of mitt's family in mexico including his second cousin, layton romney. >> i think he has a good chance of getting the nomination. >> layton is only one of 40 romney relatives here descended from religious pioneers that arrived in 1885. mitt has said and written almost nothing about them over the years. one of his rare quotes, that they left the u.s. to escape persecution for her religious beliefs. in fact, mitt's great-grandfather led that first expedition to escape not persecution but prosecution for polygamy, what mormons called plural mar

reporter: police say the five suspects were in a stolen pickup truck and were trying to steal a john deere tractor from a lowe's store. the suspects tried to flee. the pickup truck was struck by a passenger car. one person in the pickup truck was thrown out of the truck into a ditch. he died after being flown to a hospital in delaware. the other four men in the truck took off, and police are still looking for them just a short time ago, police identified the victim as david roland of elkton. kai? >> the person driving the passenger car was treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. >>> disgraced a former prince george's county executive, jack johnson, is getting a little more time before heading to prison. a judge has given him a two- week extension before he reports to officers. he was sentenced to seven years after being convicted in a widespread, federal corruption probe. johnson will surrender to authorities on february 18th. here's a question. is this the final day of january? or the final day of march? i cannot tell. it is another delightful spring- like day across the region, as you

. >> an employee of the store spotted these five suspects, loading a john deere lawn tractor into the back of has pickup truck. the employee went to the back of the fence, closed the gate and was calling 911. >> reporter: the suspects ran through the gate and sped off but drove into orncoming traffic on route-- oncoming traffic, on route 40, t-boning another car. one suspect, identified as 35- year-old david roland of elkton was ejected from the truck bed and later died. these orange markers showed where the crash happened. but police say the impact was so hard, his body was swung all the way to this side of route 40 and ended up in this ditch. >> reporter: here's a look at the truck and lawn mower now, smashed into pieces, being held as evidence. >> before you could leave your doors unlocked. now, you gotta dead bolt everything. >> the locals worry about growing crime in the area. a spokesperson for lowe says, we are cooperating with law enforcement. all of them are trained and we have different policies for everything that happened in the store. our customers are a priority. >> repo

john deere, the man john this railing and went over the hit--and went over the san squeak out with thisrassment officers to call. the recruiter korn will >>catherine: tim donnelly was cited today for trying to bring jews power and a loaded handgun or onto a flight. that is the attempted kidnapping that is not donnelly. but he said he is starting. a crime stoppers is offering $2,500 and this is where the sketch, then helping to identify this man was wanted for attempted kidnapping. police say just afternoon, the day after christmas to try to lure a nine year old boy into his car using panty the boy was playing outside near shepherd canyon road. he ran away and told his parents the police to believe this is an isolated incident. perhaps work >>catherine: robert burke of crude oil leaked year in early november cruise's then one month cleaning it up. on the new they say they're trying to deal with this and health officials say that the oil is not hazardous. it is normally a winter wonderland in the sierra club not this year. jeff bush went to the mountains and he shows us the conditions. >>

and our state caterpillar, john deere, ford, chrysler, all of these are manufacturers, and there areo continue to invest as the president said in the state of the union in manufacturing. my favorite words are made in america. and that's p what i think the people of our country feel. >> let me ask you a quick follow-up. conservatives would say that you raised taxes, but then you had to give big corporations sweetheart deals to keep them from moving out of state. is that a fair charge? >> i don't think it's fair at all. we have targeted tax incentives to keep jobs and grow jobs, both for larger businesses, but also small business. i believe that small business means big business in our state. and a lot of smaller businesses, like groupon, they had eight employees in 2008, they have 6,000 today. we need to invest in smart people. that's the best way to have a strong economy. >> where's the job sector growing in your state? >> growing in the private sector. we're down by over 1,000 positions in state government. >> what part of the private sector? where should we look for a reason to hop

one of the great manufacturers, and john deere, it's got an epa regulation coming down the pike thatl rural by some minuscule amount the nitrogen oxide emissions from these tractor engines to the tune of $20,000 more per tractor. that is just one of those thousands that body talk about, of regulations. steve forbes was with us this morning. $1.70 trillion is what it costs americans every year in the regulations that come out of washington. $1.70 trillion. because there is some bureaucrat in washington, d.c., that never set foot on iowa soil, most likely, who is making decisions costing you money. but worse than that, it is a bureaucrat at the department of education deciding and telling you how to educate your children. it is time to do away with the department of education in washington, d.c. let the people of iowa decide how to take care of their children. that is what americans are ready for. listen, if you don't remember but one thing tonight, other than these great patriots that are here. i want to just add one thing -- i am so honored to have people like markets and dan who sto

[applause] one of the great manufacturers instead in this country, john deere, they have an epa regulationat basically says we are going to lower by some minuscule amount than nitrous oxide emissions out of these next tractor engines. at the tune of $20,000 more per tractor. that is just one of those thousands that bobby talked about of regulations, steve forbes was with us this morning, $1.70 trillion what it cost americans every year in the regulations that come out of washington, d.c. $1.70 trillion, because there is some bureaucrat in washington, d.c. that has never set foot on i was all most likely, who is making decisions -- iowa soil most likely, who is making decisions, telling you how to educate your children, it is time to do away with the department of education in washington, d.c. let the people of iowa decide how to take care of their children. that is what americans are ready for. listen, if you do not remember but one thing tonight, other than these great patriots that are here, and i just want to add one thing, i am so honored to have people like markets and dan that have s

john king last night? i mean, talk about a deer caught in the headlights. he wasn't expecting that from newt.t was generally angry at the end, general winly angry. is it newsworthy? we looked at the he is squire, the december, 2010 esquire story on the marriage that put the interview of mrs. gingrich number two. there's nothing, let me underscore, there's nothing in the story last night that wasn't in that interview. there was nothing newsworthy about what was on "nightline" last night. but even if you are going to dispute that, to make that the night before -- two nights before the primary, the most important primary of newt gingrich's career, and to make that the lead off question in a presidential debate with four presidential candidates, i mean, that might explain to cnn why they are in last place in the ratings. >> no, it's a great point. but, look, if they would have done the same thing to barack obama, i don't think there would have been this reaction. i think people genuinely are very smart. they see the double standard, and they know the game that's going on here. all right. let me a